Thanks for the welcome. I finish up with my fishing class this week and then should be able to get a license anywhere in Europe to fish. I fished alot of small tournaments in Italy the last few years before moving here to Germany. We had a pretty good Bass Club near Aviano, Italy. Website is WWW.TABASSB.com. Hope to make it back down there for a 3-day tournament in August. You catch alot of fish but not a whole lot over 3lbs. Hope to do some fishing in France in the upcoming weeks. Will keep you posted if I find a spot to go.